Tandridge Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter Bulletin 4 February 3rd – February 16th 2021 Dear Neighbourhood Watch Members You will read in this Bulletin of further reported break-ins into sheds and garages. We urge residents to be mindful about securing their equipment kept in a garage, shed or garden. Many houses are securely alarmed but garages and outbuildings are often left insecure and can offer ‘easy pickings’ for a criminal. Use good quality fixings and a padlock to secure doors using anti-tamper screws in door hinges Lock all windows Fit a mains or battery powered alarm Lock your car even if in the garage and keep the key inside the house in a Faraday bag. Use a forensic coding product to 'property mark' all valuable tools and equipment Secure lawnmowers, petrol powered items and other valuable equipment to the wall or floor using a ground anchor or similar Make items difficult to move by placing obstacles in front of them Consider the use of CCTV Use Outside lighting as a deterrent Let nature help – Holly and hawthorn are particularly difficult to get through. Prickly, deciduous shrubs next to walls or fences act as an effective barrier There has been an increase in the number of catalytic converter thefts over the past two weeks. Please contact us immediately if you witness this taking place with as much detail as possible about the vehicle the offenders are driving. Karen Hughes Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Inspector CRIME REPORTS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD Our Area Patrol Team and Safer Neighbourhood Team deal with a variety of incidents. Here are a few they dealt with since the last Bulletin and a Court result. Two drivers were charged with prescribed limit offences on February 16th after incidents in Burstow and Warlingham. A man has pleaded guilty to a number of thefts and attempt thefts from a motor vehicle in Bletchingley in December 2020.Tom Jones, 50, of Castle Street, Bletchingley, pleaded guilty to four offences when he appeared at Guildford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 12 th February. He will be sentenced at a later date (date to be confirmed). Jones was arrested thanks to the vigilance of local residents, who also provided vital CCTV evidence. If your area is NOT referred to below it is because we have not been informed of the crime or it has not been affected by reported crime in the categories below. Feedback from you will help to achieve the most appropriate circulation of information. LINGFIELD, DORMANSLAND AND MARSH GREEN Burglary Residential including sheds and garages Moor Lane, Marsh Green. During the early hours of February 7th damage was caused to the doors and lock of a garden building but no entry made (ref 45210013059). Ford Manor Road, Dormansland. Around 03.40 February 9th a roller door was damaged on a garage as a suspect attempted to gain entry but when the alarm went off he ran into nearby fields (ref 45210013525). Vehicle Crime Station Road, Lingfield – Theft. Overnight February 4th to 5th the windscreen wipers and handle covers of a car were stolen (ref 45210012272). Gun Pit Road, Lingfield – Attempted Theft. Around 20.00 February 11th a car was jacked up and an attempt made to steal a catalytic converter. The offenders were driving a silver Ford Focus index plates CF03NKG (ref 4521001463). GODSTONE, BLETCHINGLEY, SOUTH GODSTONE, NUTFIELD, SOUTH NUTFIELD AND BLINDLEY HEATH Criminal Damage Kentwyns Rise, South Nutfield. Around 16.05 February 9th a pane of glass in the double glazed door panel of a house was smashed by an unknown implement (ref 45210013742). Around 12.10 February 9th unknown males were reported firing catapults from a silver Nissan Navara index YF19XLW in Wheelers Lane, Smallfield. A photograph of the vehicle and one suspect can be viewed on the Tandridge Beat Facebook page (ref 45210013650). Godstone Road, Godstone. Overnight February 12th to 13th the front window of a property was damaged by someone using an unknown weapon (ref 45210015237). Theft Castle Square, Bletchingley. Around 15.20 February 12th two males approached a female in a car park and attempted to take her German Shepherd dog. The dog reacted protectively and saw the men off who drove away in an older model red Vauxhall car (ref 45210014979). Vehicle Crime Lagham Road, South Godstone – Attempted Theft. Around 22.15 February 11th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car parked on a driveway and when challenged by neighbours the offenders threatened violence before driving off in silver coloured Ford Focus (ref 45210014631). High Street, Nutfield – Theft. Around 21.20 February 11th a catalytic converter was stolen and the offenders left in a silver coloured Ford Focus (ref 45210014641). Court Road, Godstone – Criminal Damage. Overnight February 13th to 14th the front and rear nearside tyres of a car were slashed (ref 45210015472). Eastbourne Road, Blindley Heath – Theft. Overnight February 15th to 16th the wing mirror glasses of both wing mirrors on a vehicle were stolen (ref 45210016292). OXTED, LIMPSFIELD, LIMPSFIELD CHART, WESTERHAM AND HURST GREEN Burglary Residential including sheds and garages Comforts Farm Avenue, Hurst Green. Around 23.45 February 6th a garage was broken into and a blue Yamaha MT7 motorbike index GU68OYB was stolen (ref 45210012999). Criminal Damage Clackett Lane, Westerham. Around 15.50 February 10th a group of people on a footbridge over the M25 threw a snowball at a vehicle being driven on the eastbound carriageway causing damage to the vehicle (ref 45210014134). Vehicle Crime Ridlands Lane, Limpsfield Chart – Criminal Damage. Overnight February 5th to 6th the tyres of a car and a van were slashed (ref 45210012695/12702). Holland Road, Hurst Green – Criminal Damage. Around 22.03 February 8th the tyres of a vehicle were damaged (ref 45210013505). Wolfs Wood, Hurst Green – Theft. Around 22.13 February 15th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car and the offenders were driving a silver Ford Fiesta index BV03WPK (ref 45210016067). Pains Hill, Limpsfield – Theft. Overnight February 15th to 16th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car (ref 45210016169). CATERHAM, CATERHAM ON THE HILL, CHALDON AND WHYTELEAFE Theft Stafford Road, Caterham. Between January 25th and February 4th the padlock on a child’s scooter that was attached to a garage was cut and the scooter stolen (ref 45210011998). Croydon Road, Caterham. Between 13.00 February 10th and 15.00 February 15th a yellow tool box that had been left on the ground by the victim’s van was stolen (ref 45210015847). Station Road, Whyteleafe. Overnight February 10th to 11th a bicycle was stolen from the car park outside Upper Warlingham Station (ref 45210016003). Maple Road, Whyteleafe – Criminal Damage. Between February 12th and 13th four tyres on a car were let down (ref 45210015223). Ninehams Road, Caterham on the Hill – Theft. Between 13.00 February 12th and 12.00 February 13th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car (ref 45210015165). Criminal Damage Croydon Road, Caterham. Overnight February 11th to 12th a shop window was smashed by unknown means (ref 45210014860). Vehicle Crime The Clares, Caterham – Criminal Damage. Sometime between January 30th and February 3rd the tyres of a vehicle were slashed (ref 45210011709). Old Barn Lane, Whyteleafe – Theft. Sometime between January 29th and February 11th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car in a car park (ref 45210014390). Beechwood Gardens, Caterham – Theft. Around 19.50 February 9th a motorbike was stolen but found nearby shortly afterwards with the ignition wires exposed (ref 45210013840). Markfield Road, Caterham – Theft. Between 00.00 and 06.30 February 10th the petrol cap on a van was forced open and fuel stolen from the vehicle (ref 45210013922). Mount Avenue, Chaldon – Attempted Theft. Around 05.52 February 12th a vehicle parked on a driveway was interfered with (ref 45210014689). Foxon Lane, Caterham on The Hill – Theft. Overnight February 12th to 13th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car parked on a driveway (ref 45210015138). WARLINGHAM AND TATSFIELD Burglary Residential including sheds and garages Old Lane, Tatsfield. Between 17.30 and 18.40 February 7th after breaking a garage padlock numerous tools were stolen from the garage (ref 45210013081). Vehicle Crime Crewes Lane, Warlingham – Theft. Between 17.00 and 17.15 February 3rd a catalytic converter was stolen (ref 45210011632). Harrow Gardens , Warlingham – Theft. Around 21.25 February 15th a car was jacked up in the road and a catalytic converter was stolen (ref 45210016092). Leas Road, Warlingham – Theft. Between 18.00 and 22.00 February 16th a catalytic converter was stolen from a car (ref 45210016401). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have to contact us about a non-urgent matter or to provide information on non-urgent suspicious matters or unusual behaviour you have observed which may be useful intelligence for us at a future date please email Tandridge Safer Neighbourhood Team: [email protected] The information you provide will be read and treated in confidence when the staff are next on duty. 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